Open AccessRTDS‐based HIL testing platform for complex modern electricity transmission systems
Author(s) -
Xue Ying,
Kong Dechao,
Guan Rui,
Li Jianing,
Taylor Andrew,
Zhang XiaoPing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2051-3305
DOI - 10.1049/joe.2018.0271
Subject(s) - thyristor , relay , compensation (psychology) , protective relay , transmission (telecommunications) , electric power transmission , transmission system , hardware in the loop simulation , computer science , power system simulation , engineering , electric power system , reliability engineering , automotive engineering , electrical engineering , simulation , voltage , power (physics) , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
This study demonstrates the capability and performance of the developed state‐of‐the‐art hardware‐in‐the‐loop (HIL) testing platform based on the real‐time digital simulator (RTDS). The evaluations of (i) the effects of thyristor‐controlled series compensation (TCSC) on the feeder protection first main (unit protection) and (ii) the performance of feeder protection second main (distance protection) of multi‐ended transmission circuits with adjacent TCSC are carried out. Realistic parameters of transmission lines and TCSC are used for system modelling, and practical physical relays are used for the testing. The potential impacts of TCSC on both unit protection and distance protection are analysed based on the simulation results and relay measurements from the developed RTDS‐based HIL testing platform.